Double Hoo Amanda Swanson grew up in Tennessee and idolized Pat Summitt. She found an outlet for her dreams in a book project that recounted the legendary coach’s lawsuit that changed women’s basketball.
Student leaders submitted proposals and design ideas for the new spaces. President Jim Ryan, an advocate for diversity and inclusion, provided $500,000 for the project.
Also in this roundup: A developmental biologist receives a lifetime achievement award, UVA is a top option for veterans, eight faculty members among nation’s top “edu-scholars,” and much more.
Look up on a clear night. Can you see the Milky Way? Possibly not, as skyglow from cities hinders our view of the night sky. UVA astronomer Ricky Patterson makes the case for darker skies.
Sociologist Fiona Greenland’s new National Science Foundation-funded project will research the relationship between cultural destruction and civilian harm, with the war in Syria as a case study.
The phone in your pocket may be able to keep you healthier. UVA researchers are looking at smartphone applications for injury and disease alerts, using students as test subjects.
Returning to society isn’t easy, but education and training can make it better, an expert panel said at UVA’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
The FDA recently approved an artificial pancreas system based on UVA research and tested at UVA. Mike Anderson put it to the test in his daily life in Richmond – and in a 100-mile cycle ride across California’s Death Valley.